| Rushing to Eat | | | | healthy at any fast food restaurant. |
| People's lives have become so busy and | | | | They aren't designed for those trying or |
| rushing around, that we no longer eat | | | | needing to watch what they put in their |
| the way we should. In some places, there | | | | mouth. But you can make better |
| is a McDonald's on every major corner, | | | | decisions. Don't' eat the bread if you |
| if not some other fast food restaurant. | | | | can stand not too. It's along the lines |
| Watching TV, you see a commercial for | | | | of the South Beach Diet but that's where |
| some kind of food place almost every | | | | lots of your weight gaining properties |
| time commercials are on, urging you to | | | | are. Don't get anything fried, this |
| eat there because it's good and you can | | | | includes French fries, onion rings, or |
| get it fast and cheap. With so many | | | | even fried chicken. Get a diet pop, tea, |
| distractions and obligations, families | | | | or water. Avoid the desert and the |
| have these days, how do you eat healthy | | | | salad, both have sugar in them and I |
| in a fast food world? It's not an easy | | | | don't just mean in the toppings. Watch |
| thing to do but is possible with | | | | "Super Size Me" for a real eye opener. |
| planning and knowing what to look for. | | | | The show is on McDonald's but you can |
| This isn't to say fast food can't be | | | | bet that all fast food restaurants are |
| consumed occasionally, but it should be | | | | basically the same. Limit how often you |
| less often than people are doing it now. | | | | eat fast food to once per week, if that |
| Not to mention that our food is so | | | | fast. Get a wrap at Subway instead of a |
| processed that it takes five minutes to | | | | toasted sub. Less bread and just as |
| cook and has high carbohydrates among | | | | filling with all the fixings you want. |
| other things that are not digested | | | | When you get pizza, get vegetables on it |
| quickly. This is leading to obesity in | | | | so you aren't just eating bread, sauce, |
| the population. | | | | cheese, and pepperoni. Remember just how |
| The Truth About Whole Grain | | | | bad fast food is for you, your |
| Because food is so processed these days | | | | waistline, and your cholesterol. Even if |
| to make it faster to cook, as well as | | | | you are fifteen, you should be thinking |
| more convenient for the way our lives | | | | about how it will affect you later in |
| have become, it is actually not as good | | | | life. Starting early will make it easier |
| for you as it once was. Recently the | | | | on your body as you age. |
| food administration even changed the | | | | Eating at Home |
| food pyramid to coincide with how we eat | | | | The best thing to do is find a way to |
| these days and food is made. They are | | | | cook meals most nights of the week. This |
| suggesting more whole grains than ever | | | | can take planning and team work. Have at |
| before, as well as vegetables. This may | | | | least one non-meat dish every week. It |
| sound like what has been told to | | | | doesn't have to be fish or seafood |
| children for years, but even whole | | | | either. Don't use fast cooking rich to |
| grains are deceiving on packaging these | | | | go with your meals. Those are again |
| days. With all the new diets out there | | | | loaded with carbohydrates, which take |
| for low carb, no carb, low fat, no fat, | | | | your body longer to break down and will |
| etc., foods are coming out that say | | | | make you hungry sooner than you should |
| whole grain but are just as processed as | | | | be. Plan weekly meals so that you can |
| its white counterpart. They are made | | | | cook casseroles and other easy to reheat |
| with enriched wheat. This process takes | | | | dishes early in the week for days you |
| out all the nutrients and other things | | | | will not have time to cook. Utilize your |
| that take time to digest for a healthy | | | | crock-pot and get a recipe book for it. |
| life. Reading the ingredient is a good | | | | You can make just about anything in a |
| way to find the real whole grain | | | | crock pot these days and have a good |
| product. They are now more expensive | | | | meal when you get home. Have salad a few |
| than the over processed product because | | | | times a week with dinner, but watch how |
| manufacturers could make the enriched | | | | much dressing you put on it. Have |
| version cheaper and faster. To eat | | | | desert, but make it Jell-O. Indulge once |
| healthy you have to read the labels of | | | | in a while to though and it won't feel |
| everything you consume. | | | | like you are depriving yourself of |
| Healthy Choices at Fast Food Eateries | | | | anything. |
| The truth is that you really can't eat | | | | |